At the point in the river where the snowmelt met the main river current, an eddy formed creating a small, swirling whirlpool. From LearnThat.org.
Through the furious eddy, which is in that place, the ship stood still as. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Ulysses] Reference
An eddy occurs when an underwater object causes river current to reverse itself in a circular motion. From Wordnik.com. [DailyHerald.com > News] Reference
Because of the apparently irregular course taken by the current, these currents are called eddy currents. From Wordnik.com. [5. Magnetic Field] Reference
Not far from Sydney, the "eddy" is about 150 kilometers across. From Wordnik.com. [Information, Culture, Policy, Education:] Reference
Using some kind of eddy viscosity is just not unphysical or can you tell us what is missing in the equations?. From Wordnik.com. [Exponential Growth in Physical Systems « Climate Audit] Reference
A swift eddy of the battle threw Edward out to one side. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
She went through without injury and shot into an eddy below. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The gummy bears break up the eddy that drags her from behind. From Wordnik.com. [Caught Speeding] Reference
The flat-boat, caught in the eddy, was whirling about dizzily. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
He had passed the eddy, and the entrance of the cove was near. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
One tendril of the slick has already entered an eddy of the Loop Current. From Wordnik.com. [Busy Hurricane Season Spells Trouble For Oil In Gulf] Reference
One of the men had fished it out of the eddy and was holding it in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Country House] Reference
I read a chapbook by eddy elbow comma. really, most of it has long underwear. From Wordnik.com. [socks still soggy, turn, turn] Reference
Some days later two boys, fishing in the river from an old log, saw a cap in an eddy. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
He ran the net he had set at the edge of the eddy for late silvers and took out two fish. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
It died away in a sobbing murmur, as a deep stream purls and its echo dies in a deeper eddy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
If a boat is caught in this eddy it may be carried a second time through a part of the rapid. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The current has developed into a circular eddy that so far is keeping the oil inside the Gulf. From Wordnik.com. [Miami's Seaquarium: No Oil Yet, But Worries Aplenty] Reference
One fragment somehow caught in an eddy and remained in sight long enough to draw his attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Life] Reference
But that could change: a warm eddy lurked in the gulf that could fuel Ivan to a boil once again. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Eye] Reference
Kirby rode back from the eddy in the road, his mouth a wide grin splitting his skin-and-bone face. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
She stood where he had left her in the open doorway, with the damp eddy of the fog blowing on her. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
Scattered swimmers appear in the vast eddy, armour of men, timbers and Trojan treasure amid the water. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
He had already seized the child (there was an eddy here under the bank) and was striking out for the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
It was much better, the captain said, to go "head on," than to run the risk of being carried in by an eddy. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
In many rapids there is an eddy on each side of this tail in which a current runs up-river with great force. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The middle of this pool was, however, comparatively tranquil, very deep, and more like an eddy than a stream. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Three of our four rudders were broken; but the remaining one enabled us to get into an eddy that carried us to. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
The boat came to another eddy, and was whirled around and around, so swiftly, that Helen's poor head swam, too!. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
Democritus, the earth was flat, and the eddy or vortex which gave rise to the world was still rotation in a plane. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Treading the water I felt about in the amber swirl for Sandie's gruesome find, but the circling eddy swept me onward. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
In a few seconds more we were able to get out into the middle, and then we halted in an eddy to wait for the other boats. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
As they passed the Lockport bridge, where the youth hung in an eddy for a moment, the men on the bridge threw them a rope. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
They were hardly through the gate and well established in an eddy when the bell brought the racers pacing or scurrying in. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The boat went down a mile or so and, being caught in an eddy, was beached, and the stuff on board dragged up a steep cut bank. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
In the other, if the Loop Current recaptures the eddy then the scenario is that it probably will end up in the Florida Straits. From Wordnik.com. [Busy Hurricane Season Spells Trouble For Oil In Gulf] Reference
An eddy carried the floating log directly toward the shore where the Hermit stood, and for a moment he believed it would touch. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
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